On Being in Awe
As I began to complete treatment plans for my patients (while currently suspended as a necessity by the Office of Mental Health, I had decided I’d rather keep them current,…
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A SFBC/SFBT Note
In my public practice (which is clinical at an outpatient community behavioral health clinic and under LCSW supervision), I practice therapy, in my private practice I practice counseling (there are…
Dealing With Trauma/To Grieve or Not to Grieve
I loved dancing: I cannot currently move.
Heading to Campus
I’m heading to campus, to get in at least three good hours of study time, before Arabic… I’m also wearing my Lucky Underwear… Today, is going to be a good…
Integrating Disability
“Don’t make it your identity” is sort of a pithy refrain, I do understand it as a war cry for those who need it; but the reality is that it has…
2017 in Review // Looking Forward to 2018
2017 in Review 2017 was objectively – for the most part – a dumpster fire. However, there were quite a few good things that happened: I got the field placement…
Public Statement Regarding Resigning From the National Association of Social Work
Hello Everyone, I was hoping that I would be able to write a much happier email than this one, one filled with hope, and solutions focused based suggestions, and maybe…
Apples of Wrath?
According to author Hal Borland, there are people who would rather summer never end, and who would be much happier if we never made the transition into autumn at all.…
A moment of Mussar: הכרת הטוב
In Mussar we are taught to recognize the good. In Hebrew this is “הכרת הטוב” (which can be translated as gratitude, but literally means recognizing the good). While taking my…
Life gets a little more settled & Being a Horse’s Ass
Life is getting a little more settled, which is lovely 🙂 it’s fall here in Buffalo, NY; work is finally falling into a nice hum, and my mother is almost…